Chapter+3+and+Chapter+4+reflections

1. Connect students and teachers inside the classroom.
 * Discuss how you can put each of these to work in your classroom by giving examples. **
 * In order for teachers and students to connect the teacher needs to shift their thinking for being the teacher in the front of the class to being a facilitator and actively engaged in their learning. There are a variety of ways that we can accomplish this. Edmodo is a very useful tool that students really enjoy because of the similiarities to facebook. Another site that I have recently heard about is Schoology This site appears to be very similiar to Edmodo. The students this year have really enjoyed todaysmeet and after listening to Richardson speak during TIE I feel it is an even better tool.**

2. Publish student and teacher work locally and globally.
 * In my classroom we have blogged, but I am pushing more and more to video. My kids have put a variety of things on youtube. We have also created DVD movies that allows them to bring the movie to family members who otherwise would not seen the paper that may be hung on the fridge.**

3. Connect students and teachers outside the classroom.
 * A new tool that I am very excited about is called** **[|Meeting.io]** **I was exposed to this site by a Professor in Canada who tweeted about it. I think it would be great for college but good for review sessions at the elementary level. It is a backchannel that the owner would open up and treat as office hours. Students can log in take personal notes share files, share screens. It looks to be a very useful tool. Possible, current, downside is that it is limited to 5 users.**

4. Connect with experts around the world.
 * Twitter can be a great tool for this. I exposed a Kindergarten teacher to this with hope that she would be up for trying it next year, to my surprise she really jumped in and has started it with her students already. Currently they are researching butterflies and she has already had experts answer some of their questions.**

5. Collaborate with others to create and share knowledge.
 * I will be attempting to collaborate with my brother-in-law in China. The challenge with this is the current 14 hour time difference. So it won't likely be true collaboration. However, I have talked to him about doing a Jumanji style story with our kids. When they are writing they can hit on connections they have in China such as Panda Bears and the Great Wall. When it is my students turn they would mention things that are in the United States.**

** 1) The reason that learning is changing is . . . . Answer the **** question "What is the reason that learning is changing? **
** The reason that learning is changing is because of the uncertainty of what tomorrow will bring. We have so many new technological advancements that we have to continually adapt to this new world. A great way to explain how the world has changed is by looking into the past. The world changed dramatically after 1492 when a new continent was discovered. **

** 2) We really need to use learning networks because . . . Answer the question " **** Why do we really need to use learning networks? **
** We need to use personal learning networks simply because we do not have the ability to know everything that is available to us and by using an PLN you have the ability to tap into outside knowledge, but the knowledge is more then a simple google search it is a living resource that has already evaluated what you are looking for. **

** Describe the Personal Learning Network that you have created for yourself. ** ** Through Twitter I have established a variety of connections throughout the world. It is great that you are able to find information that at times never knew existed. I have not done much with PLN through Facebook, but one of our District Tech people recently established a Tech Group on Facebook that we can invite people to share ideas. This will be a great tool for people that have not used twitter. **